Bitcoin took off I think because of people who wanted to make money off it came rushing in.
You're right. If you look at it from a different angle, the popular "FUD" against Bitcoin is a distorted fun-house-mirror image of how Bitcoin was pushed during Evangelism 1.0. The pushback is often a good guide to the pushings.
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It's also a good guide to what evangelism patter will
not work nowadays. That there soil's been poisoned.
What we need is the whole word to get involved in crypto and actually use a coin as intended.. as a currency.
I know I'm being irreverent, but the skill most needed for that is most likely talent in cold calling.